The To-Do List update for June....let's see how it all shook out!
* Pay bills DONE Everything got paid on time, no interest or fees assessed or paid.
* Read 1, 2 Books DONE
My Brother's Crown by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould.
I picked this one up because of the Huguenot emblem on the cover....had no clue if it would be good or not.
It's one of a series of books by these two authors all about women from one fictional family, a Huguenot family from France that immigrated to Colonial America. It jumped from a story line in present day Virginia to 1600's France and a story line of the present day person's ancestor. It was well done and flowed well, very readable.
Not too heavy on the history but I still enjoyed it.
If you have Huguenot ancestry you might want to give this a go.
Then I read.......
"The Great Influenza" by John M. Barry. This was a historical account of the Spanish Flu Pandemic that swept the world between 1918 and 1920.
As the generations that actually experienced this world changing pandemic have died off, the horror of this time in our history has faded from our collective memory. Just to refresh the scope of this disease, the Spanish Flu killed more people in 20 weeks than AIDS has killed in 20 years and killed more people in a year than Bubonic plagues during the Middle Ages killed in a century.
Choked full of detailed medical history, important researchers and leaders in the field of American medicine, as well as timelines, how authorities greatly mishandled the outbreak(from the government to the military to the news media) and the first hand accounts of victims and others from that time. This book gives one a real sense of just how devastating this influenza outbreak was everywhere in the world and how it's consequences affect our lives today.
The influenza affected the waging of World War I all the way to the terms of surrender and our then current POTUS and his life and term in office.
Any history fans out there need to pick this one up and give it a go!
* Clean Laundry Room DONE Our laundry room was in need of a good cleaning, including the machines. The pan under the washer was removed and scrubbed down(and then promptly broken but fixable)and the dryer was disconnected and the hose and back of the machine were cleaned out.
The pan being broken happened because Hubs didn't reconnect the water hose tightly enough and a week later we found that the leaking hose started to over run the pan with water which meant moving everything AGAIN to dry it all out and during this transfer period it got cracked on one corner. Luckily there was no floor(or ceiling on the first floor)damage since we found the problem quickly and some duct tape fixed the pan edge.
After all the extended work we had to do cleaning and moving stuff times 2 I am calling this a....
* Do 1 Home Improvement Project DONE The floor has never looked so clean in the Laundry Room after two scrubbing downs. lolz Hubs even removed the louvered vent where the dryer hose attaches and I scrubbed that. Other than some paint the laundry room is in ship-shape shape now.
* Organize Garage FAIL It's been too hot and Hubs hasn't cooperated when it wasn't too hot to go through stuff. I have been picking up in there and moving stuff around a little and tidying a bit but no major clean out yet. I did get Hubs to dig out the old a/c unit to give to his brother and the nephew as they have no air in their apt. and we had a week long of 90+F heat wave. It's an even bigger mess at the moment and I am hoping I can get Hubs to help me this weekend(the weather is suppose to be less humid and cooler)to go through and put some of it right.
The garage can only get so clean until next Spring when Daughter moves out and takes all her stuff stored in there(plus the stuff stored IN the house). I guess I need to be less critical and don't expect too much until that happens. ;-)
* Hold Giveaway DONE
* Mail Giveaway DONE Mailed and received.
* Purge Coupon Inserts DONE
Went through all the inserts, clipped a few Qs that weren't expired yet that I might use before they did and put back about 10 whole inserts on my bookshelf.
It feels so good to purge papers sometimes. 8-)))
* Plan possible 2018 Travel DONE...sort of
We've got a possible plan....nothing wild or crazy or long and nothing happening until September. Still working on some Winter plans too and lots of details need to be fleshed out still.
* Work on 2018 Goals PASS some of the big yearly goals have been worked on or finished, some have not. Here they are.....
* Sewing--NOT DONE Other than hemming and mending I've done nothing yet on this one. I'll try to dig out and decide on which fabrics to use in July for the table runner I want to make.
* Dropping some weight--NOT DONE Well I have lose some weight but it was weight I put back on this Winter. Winter and being sick for 2 months is not conducive to weight loss I have decided. lolz
* Culling more of my toiletries stockpile--SOME DONE Until this week, I had been scaling back on the freebies from Rite-Aid but having to roll Bonus Cash within 2 months is crappy. 8-P
I did make a Food Bank donation already this year(Was it March? I don't think I wrote about it when I did it.).
I'll be giving the Brother In-Law and Nephew some stuff in July which will jump start the purge again. And once we go traveling I'll be giving stuff away too so I see more toiletries flowing out of here.
* Make a new Password/Log in Book and new Address Book DONE AND NOT DONE.
Password Book done.
Address Book not yet. I still need to buy an Address Book.
* Deal with the house in Louisiana. DONE!!!
Goodbye house!
* Sell more stuff.
Done and done.
I should start ramping up some more eBay stuff in the next 2 months since we aren't leaving town until September.
* Start putting together a punch list of things to address in the house here in preparation for putting in on the market--NOT DONE
We will sit down and put a preliminary list together in July, along with a timeline and how to handle paying for it all.
* Put my genealogy stuff in a software program--NOT DONE Still looking for which software I want to use. Will make this a priority to get done by January 2019.
* Gardening and travel--DONE Gardening got done in May. Travel is still up in the air though we do have a soft plan now.
Looking at the Yearly Goals list we still have plenty to finish there along with smaller monthly goals I have planned.
June was productive overall and we'll head into July with good intentions on getting lots accomplished.
How was your June in terms of getting to chores and plans?
Any successes or epic fails?
Sluggy
* Pay bills DONE Everything got paid on time, no interest or fees assessed or paid.
* Read 1, 2 Books DONE
My Brother's Crown by Mindy Starns Clark and Leslie Gould.
I picked this one up because of the Huguenot emblem on the cover....had no clue if it would be good or not.
It's one of a series of books by these two authors all about women from one fictional family, a Huguenot family from France that immigrated to Colonial America. It jumped from a story line in present day Virginia to 1600's France and a story line of the present day person's ancestor. It was well done and flowed well, very readable.
Not too heavy on the history but I still enjoyed it.
If you have Huguenot ancestry you might want to give this a go.
Then I read.......
"The Great Influenza" by John M. Barry. This was a historical account of the Spanish Flu Pandemic that swept the world between 1918 and 1920.
As the generations that actually experienced this world changing pandemic have died off, the horror of this time in our history has faded from our collective memory. Just to refresh the scope of this disease, the Spanish Flu killed more people in 20 weeks than AIDS has killed in 20 years and killed more people in a year than Bubonic plagues during the Middle Ages killed in a century.
Choked full of detailed medical history, important researchers and leaders in the field of American medicine, as well as timelines, how authorities greatly mishandled the outbreak(from the government to the military to the news media) and the first hand accounts of victims and others from that time. This book gives one a real sense of just how devastating this influenza outbreak was everywhere in the world and how it's consequences affect our lives today.
The influenza affected the waging of World War I all the way to the terms of surrender and our then current POTUS and his life and term in office.
Any history fans out there need to pick this one up and give it a go!
* Clean Laundry Room DONE Our laundry room was in need of a good cleaning, including the machines. The pan under the washer was removed and scrubbed down(and then promptly broken but fixable)and the dryer was disconnected and the hose and back of the machine were cleaned out.
The pan being broken happened because Hubs didn't reconnect the water hose tightly enough and a week later we found that the leaking hose started to over run the pan with water which meant moving everything AGAIN to dry it all out and during this transfer period it got cracked on one corner. Luckily there was no floor(or ceiling on the first floor)damage since we found the problem quickly and some duct tape fixed the pan edge.
After all the extended work we had to do cleaning and moving stuff times 2 I am calling this a....
* Do 1 Home Improvement Project DONE The floor has never looked so clean in the Laundry Room after two scrubbing downs. lolz Hubs even removed the louvered vent where the dryer hose attaches and I scrubbed that. Other than some paint the laundry room is in ship-shape shape now.
* Organize Garage FAIL It's been too hot and Hubs hasn't cooperated when it wasn't too hot to go through stuff. I have been picking up in there and moving stuff around a little and tidying a bit but no major clean out yet. I did get Hubs to dig out the old a/c unit to give to his brother and the nephew as they have no air in their apt. and we had a week long of 90+F heat wave. It's an even bigger mess at the moment and I am hoping I can get Hubs to help me this weekend(the weather is suppose to be less humid and cooler)to go through and put some of it right.
The garage can only get so clean until next Spring when Daughter moves out and takes all her stuff stored in there(plus the stuff stored IN the house). I guess I need to be less critical and don't expect too much until that happens. ;-)
* Hold Giveaway DONE
* Mail Giveaway DONE Mailed and received.
* Purge Coupon Inserts DONE
Went through all the inserts, clipped a few Qs that weren't expired yet that I might use before they did and put back about 10 whole inserts on my bookshelf.
It feels so good to purge papers sometimes. 8-)))
* Plan possible 2018 Travel DONE...sort of
We've got a possible plan....nothing wild or crazy or long and nothing happening until September. Still working on some Winter plans too and lots of details need to be fleshed out still.
* Work on 2018 Goals PASS some of the big yearly goals have been worked on or finished, some have not. Here they are.....
* Sewing--NOT DONE Other than hemming and mending I've done nothing yet on this one. I'll try to dig out and decide on which fabrics to use in July for the table runner I want to make.
* Dropping some weight--NOT DONE Well I have lose some weight but it was weight I put back on this Winter. Winter and being sick for 2 months is not conducive to weight loss I have decided. lolz
* Culling more of my toiletries stockpile--SOME DONE Until this week, I had been scaling back on the freebies from Rite-Aid but having to roll Bonus Cash within 2 months is crappy. 8-P
I did make a Food Bank donation already this year(Was it March? I don't think I wrote about it when I did it.).
I'll be giving the Brother In-Law and Nephew some stuff in July which will jump start the purge again. And once we go traveling I'll be giving stuff away too so I see more toiletries flowing out of here.
* Make a new Password/Log in Book and new Address Book DONE AND NOT DONE.
Address Book not yet. I still need to buy an Address Book.
* Deal with the house in Louisiana. DONE!!!
* Sell more stuff.
I should start ramping up some more eBay stuff in the next 2 months since we aren't leaving town until September.
* Start putting together a punch list of things to address in the house here in preparation for putting in on the market--NOT DONE
We will sit down and put a preliminary list together in July, along with a timeline and how to handle paying for it all.
* Put my genealogy stuff in a software program--NOT DONE Still looking for which software I want to use. Will make this a priority to get done by January 2019.
* Gardening and travel--DONE Gardening got done in May. Travel is still up in the air though we do have a soft plan now.
Looking at the Yearly Goals list we still have plenty to finish there along with smaller monthly goals I have planned.
June was productive overall and we'll head into July with good intentions on getting lots accomplished.
How was your June in terms of getting to chores and plans?
Any successes or epic fails?
Sluggy
So you are having a problem inspiring the Hubby? Aw shucks mine is just a little old pussy cat. As he lays around all day.
ReplyDeleteNow, that is really funny. I will have to remember that.
DeleteImpressive! Awesome that you log so much and are accountable in your successes and fails. Thats exactly what rolls around in my head however, I guess the smart thing to do is write everything down and review just like you! I also have a husband (sometimes terrific-sometimes in his own Idaho) ;-)
ReplyDeleteWell if our husbands didn't have their good points sometimes, we'd not be keeping them, right?
DeleteI'm happy to see some travel plans in the checked area.
ReplyDeleteMe too!lol
DeleteIt's just happening further out in the year this time.
Wow... wow... For me, it was getting my baby step 1 completed. Done and done. Most of my other goals were minor. For this month, I want finish a book that I started in May. I am so behind in my reading.
ReplyDeleteThat baby step is rather important so if that's all that gets done you are doing well!
DeleteYep, to the hubby. They do march to their own drummer sometimes don't they. I make plans and well, if I do them they get done. Occasionally he surprises me and does something big on the to-do list usually when I go out of town to see my mom or go on a trip with her. Maybe I should travel more. :) Love reading your blog. Take care.
ReplyDeleteHi Crystal,
DeleteYep, I'd do A LOT more tripping if I were you! Mine just does what he wants when I am not here...and that never involves anything I want/need him to do. lolz
I have had an epic fail in the planting department!
ReplyDeleteIt happens. Our beans were a failure again this year and I didn't replant them. sigh.
DeleteThanks for the recommendation for The Great Influenza - sounds so interesting. My grandparents survived it, and sometimes talked about how many friends and family members they lost to it. They said it was a terrifying time, worse even than the war going on.
ReplyDeleteThere are parts that drag but I found it a fascinating read.
DeleteSo glad you unloaded the house in LA. That must be a big load off your mind. I made a list of things to do on my summer vacation and I've been knocking them off. I still have to wash the windows (too freaking hot), buy chalk paint, (requires road trip to Pensacola to get the brand I want), and paint a piece of furniture, (can't do that without the paint). I also promised hubby I would try and sell his marionettes and I have done nothing on that front. Otherwise I'm doing good. Have you decided on where you will relocate to?
ReplyDeleteYou are bopping right along getting stuff done on your Summer break.
DeleteStill searching where to relocate to....won't be LA that's for sure! lolz
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